New version: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythstatus.py
I had to learn how to add the page to the wiki since I added graphics and that made the size of the program too big for the
mailing list.
The state of the back end is now represented graphically, and I've fixed a few formatting errors in the text.
Let me know of any problems, (or fix it yourself since it is now on the wiki)